The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21


reformers ~ their special atropehola. No
where else were they SO numerous, and no
b6ttes iiaid 81 hattie MSS BnyWhnra ofereil
thagl lherefore they selected u FOR their
The death q Hon. p. ". Robertson neess.
ltalina q new election, gave them the oppof-
unity they sought 81 showing their strength
Confident Of success, they forced the puher-
material fight here. Within two days Of the
meeting Of the congregational committee
fixing tho date Of tie Convention,
the refprrner1 announced their PURPOSE
q invading the district and carrying H.
ny paFsseues and music, "a less than
Weeki gAeir campaign weg opened BY Gen.
NICHOLS atlacharie and from that dHy to
WITHIN week ago the refnfmera have held
MEETINGS n every quarter ct ihe dlatrick
70 another, while Parlange, Stone and others
held side meetings. in P5inta goupee and
EEEt feliciana, They were dftCrmiued that
every voter should have some Nichoila pig
and Listen " ihe inaplring atrninB uf Mich
oils bFaaa bands. They gaze them not only
Bpeeehes, not only pig and beef Bit they
bad base ball matches IN honor o. Nichols,
q rouse Up epthusiaaaa for him, and their
posters told The Young people that there
would Be dnnclng eftorWuTd, IN tho hope
that they would waltz Homa voters into theip
told, seldom IN the history Of Louieiapa
has such yigoropa campaign hden made
Pigs we're killed hy the hundred, oxen by the
scOres aod half tho brass bandHin tho distfiet
were employed " plpe forth Nichols music
~ VIZ gl4ace oyer ne reform pnpera No
Aaeharlei " East BATON Rouge, to False
hiFer IN Hointe COupee was ~ triumphal
inareh.g Lverywhere we are told pf mon
derful ontpouring 81 the people, 1.-THE mag
niheent uprising or the people, tho great
awakening Of the people, srhe Florida
hafls VIZ "A NV HnIeam9us fof The soldier oar
And throughout this Canvass, TIC fact was
R4fQnRly impressed unen oil that II was q
Nichols campaign. .'Fhis IL q Nichols
aes;lng, ssif ne hrss speaker 81 the hrat
Eere called on 70 say whether they were for
Ni1iells or against him. Throughout the
district the issue was diatinetly forced BY the
IefnfInere, who, everywhere, made ii Ques-
ton not of CONGRESS, bntof Nichols OF Me-
Emery,
9hey chose their battlaaeld--it was one
upon which they we're won't to be victorious
Ihey nAKshaled their forces and gave their
harbeeube and theft speeches; but, although
The friends Of Gov. Mcener3 indulgad in no
barbecue, circus or capYasaipg business,
When th5 Eight did come the Nicholsitas were
routed ss few political faetions have ever
been before in Louisiana.
"A the Florida Parishes which We were
labeiy tod were ''unAnimaHsn for Nichols, q
him and his candidate. West Gf The MissiB-
sippi. he carried but q ainaie parish, Acadia,
Ahe defeat han been crushing and emph8tie.
III t PIG esll teil tq,aHdefsteha II Or measure
Rassi after innumeFatls speeches, after
giving the people pig and beef and other
delleaeies Wholesale, after the most eneT7
Retla campaign they have ever made, The re-
district and find that they have mang votes
lees th4t II 1881 when they were III 4 de-
gidad minority ~ the Slate convention.
lhsif 40y4 votes thon have dSindled away
Tie reiormersH appealed to the people
Of the Sixth District for an expression Of
their opinion on the gHbernatorial question.
They have gpt II. Are they saiisiad9 Can
they not Eeeog1ige nov the TACT that tho
people Of Louisiana are not 10 be won by
brass bands and roasted shBaty that they do
not eare tn abuse md aenanqiation, but al
mAHd argn,nent and living issues, Can they
not gee that Louisiana does not want their
pinqhheck 'refQfin;u but - well satisfied
With TIE efficient administration Of Gov s.
u, AltBnery2
The people have spoken, snd Ia no unoor.
tain toneH
The convention made an ex0ellgnt galgohon
and RdQpted q strong and conservative plat
fnrnli indnIsiag Me President, and calling,
~ the tgriH plank, for Tho abolition pf DIG
lnteFnat revenue duty On tobacco and alcohol
used IN the AFtR